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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

1 November 20038.4/ 10 · 277 votesTeen7

How long to beat

from 1 player

7h

Rushed

main story only

9h

Normally

story and some extras

11h

Completionist

everything in it

Trailer

Screenshots (29)

Artwork (1)

About

The King and the Prince of Persia are besieging the Maharajah's castle to plunder the treasures hidden inside. In order to impress his father, the Prince sneaks inside to recover the magical Dagger of Time. He quickly learns that this dagger has the ability to control time. The malevolent Vizier has other plans for the dagger, however, and tricks the Prince into unlocking a mysterious secret of the Dagger that causes the King and many of his subjects to be turned into sand zombies. Now, the Prince must figure out what has happened and try to set things right again.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an action game with platforming and puzzle-solving elements. It updates many of the gameplay concepts from the previous games, and brings them into a fully three-dimensional world. The Prince will engage in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more in his quest. The Prince also carries the Dagger of Time, which allows him to unleash several magical powers. The most important of these powers is the ability to reverse time. This ability allows the player to reverse their actions when they lead the Prince to his death.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

First person

Languages (5)

Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English
French
German
Polish
Russian

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download, DVD-ROM

3D Graphics Cards / Accelerators Supported

Nvidia (GeForce 3 series)

Sound Capabilities

DirectSound3D, Dolby Digital, EAX Advanced HD

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Gamepad, Keyboard, Mouse

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

GOG.com

Controller support, Single-player

Save Game Methods

Internal Storage

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium III

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 98SE

Min. RAM Required

256 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 9.0

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

16X (2.4 MB/s)

Min. DVD-ROM Drive Speed Required

2X (2.64 MB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

64 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

800×600, 1024×768, 1280×960

Sound Devices Supported

DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Box art

News & reviews

Also known as

Bosi Wangzi: Shi zhi ShaSimplified Chinese title

Princ Persii: Peski VremeniRussian title

Prince of Persia 4Informal title

Prince of Persia: Jikan no SunaJapanese title

Prince of Persia: Las Arenas del TiempoSpanish title

Prince of Persia: Le Sabbie del TempoItalian title

Prince of Persia: Les Sables du TempsFrench title

Prince of Persia: Piaski CzasuPolish title

Prince of Persia: Písky časuCzech title

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Facts

Released

1 November 2003

Series

Painkiller

Platforms

PCWindowsPlayStationPS2XboxGameCubeXbox 360PS3Xbox One

Age ratings

ESRBTeenPEGI12USK12ACBM15+DJCTQ16

Standing

Top 15% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Behind viewPlatformPuzzle elementsDirect controlFantasyMiddle East